Utah · Nonprofit
UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION
UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION (Utah) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,462 to it, the largest being THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE FORUM ($11,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $345k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $59k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Utah Heritage Foundation does
Mission
The organization's mission is to keep the past alive, not only for preservation, but to inspire and provoke a more creative present and sustainable future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education & advocacy preservation utahs advocacy and education programs are at the heart of our mission to protect and celebrate utahs architectural and historical treasures. We work with elected officials, administrators, and property owners to promote preservation-oriented public policies, support relevant legislation, and develop creative, sustainable solutions. Our efforts go beyond protecting buildingswe strive to preserve the stories, culture, and history that define utah. We educate the public about the states historic built environment and cultural resources through lectures, tours, and cultural events. By actively engaging the community, we empower individuals and groups to take ownership of their local heritage, ensuring that preservation efforts resonate across generations. Our annual preservation conference is utahs premier gathering for preservation professionals, technical experts, students, property owners, and the public. It provides a unique opportunity to network, learn, and collaborate on the future of historic preservation in our state.
$54,830 spent$117 earned by the program38% of program spendingHistoric properties preservation utahs historic properties program safeguards utahs built heritage through loans,easements, and hands-on rehabilitation efforts. Since 1970, our revolving loan fund has provided low-interest loans to historic property owners, ensuring that preservation projects meet national standards while revitalizing entire neighborhoods. Our easement program offers permanent protection for more than 127 historic properties across utah, with annual inspections and personalized reports to help owners maintain their buildings. Through our rehabilitation program, we equip the public with practical preservation skills via expert-led workshops and hands-on training sessions, ensuring that historic preservation techniques are passed down to future generations. By combining financial support, legal protections, and education, we empower communities to preserve the places that define utahs history.
$61,797 spent$9,289 earned by the program43% of program spendingOther program preservation utah offers a variety of programs throughout the year that celebrate and support historic preservation across the state. The community stewardship awards recognize outstanding preservation efforts each year, honoring projects and individuals who have significantly contributed to protecting utahs historic places. Award categories include rehabilitation and restoration, legacy businesses, adaptive reuse, industry experts, individuals or organizations, and lifetime achievement. Our semi- annual historic homes tours spotlight utahs historic neighborhoods, offering the public an inside look at preserved homes and their architectural significance. These tours educate participants on local history and design and inspire them, demonstrating successful preservation projects that others can replicate in their communities.
$28,328 spent$28,487 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $144,955.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.7M to $2.3M (+37%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 15% · 2018 35% · 2019 21% · 2020 81% · 2021 55% · 2022 48% · 2023 56% · 2024 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Timothy Houpt
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $5k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 74% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
13% of UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 17% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
69% of UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Utah funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
48% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION?
- UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION (Utah) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,462 to it, the largest being THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE FORUM ($11,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $59,462 in grants to UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION?
- THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE FORUM is the largest funder on record, with $11,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UTAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing